Coast Guard Academy Reviews
Updated Jan 18, 2023
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Top Review Highlights by Sentiment
- "Great people to work with, and a great mission, supporting the need for future leaders in the U.S. Coast Guard" (in 3 reviews)
- Current Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★
Pros
Connection to the next generation of Coast Guard Officers / Leaders. Beautiful campus. Fabulous colleagues.
Cons
Cold winters in New England Low operating budget and government bureaucratic processes are challenging.
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Rewarding to serve at this institution and in the Coast Guard
Cons
COVID created a major disruption, but the institution was resilient.
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
An institution with conflicting priorities and vague direction.
RecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Working with Cadets is a rewarding experience of mentorship.
Cons
High premium placed on control and dominance as organizational values. Very little interest in "excellence" when compared to the warm blanked of failure avoidance. Abnormally high rate of officers who fail to promote on account of their tour at the Academy. Low opportunities for responsibility, supervision, or career success.
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Great benefits and people ok
Cons
Moving around every 4 yrs
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Great people to work with, and a great mission, supporting the need for future leaders in the U.S. Coast Guard
Cons
Pace of operations/activities is often very hectic
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Pay benefits travel experience and sense of family
Cons
None it sure there are too many imo
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Good job, good people, good experience.
Cons
The command is hypocritical and does not listen to the cadets.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Community of professionals devoted to the mission of developing cadets into leaders.
Cons
Location as far as quality of high schools in the area
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
work environment feels like a family
Cons
salary is less than I expected
Continue reading - Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
None None None None None
Cons
Do not work here. terrible place
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Coast Guard Academy has an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5, based on over 32 reviews left anonymously by employees. 65% of employees would recommend working at Coast Guard Academy to a friend and 54% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.
65% of Coast Guard Academy employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Coast Guard Academy 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Coast Guard Academy to be senior leadership, benefits, coworkers and the cons to be culture, management, career development.
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